FLO vs. CPB, CAG, SMPL, NOMD, VITL, LANC, RH, FRPT, FIZZ, and OLLI
Should you be buying Flowers Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flowers Foods include Campbell Soup (CPB), Conagra Brands (CAG), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Vital Farms (VITL), Lancaster Colony (LANC), RH (RH), Freshpet (FRPT), National Beverage (FIZZ), and Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) and Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Campbell Soup has a net margin of 8.26% compared to Flowers Foods' net margin of 2.45%. Campbell Soup's return on equity of 23.18% beat Flowers Foods' return on equity.
Flowers Foods received 23 more outperform votes than Campbell Soup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.53% of users gave Flowers Foods an outperform vote while only 41.97% of users gave Campbell Soup an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Flowers Foods had 4 more articles in the media than Campbell Soup. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Flowers Foods and 18 mentions for Campbell Soup. Campbell Soup's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Flowers Foods' score of 0.06 indicating that Campbell Soup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
75.5% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Campbell Soup shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Campbell Soup shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Flowers Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Campbell Soup pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Flowers Foods pays out 155.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Campbell Soup pays out 57.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Campbell Soup has higher revenue and earnings than Flowers Foods. Campbell Soup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flowers Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Flowers Foods presently has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.84%. Campbell Soup has a consensus target price of $46.35, suggesting a potential downside of 0.23%. Given Campbell Soup's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Campbell Soup is more favorable than Flowers Foods.
Flowers Foods has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Campbell Soup has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Campbell Soup beats Flowers Foods on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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